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What is CORE?

How to Participate

Submitting a Voucher

What is CORE?

The California Air Resources Board (CARB), in partnership with CALSTART, launched the Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE) to accelerate the purchase of zero-emission off-road equipment in California.

CORE, analogous to the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP), is a project intended to encourage California companies to purchase or lease currently commercialized zero-emission off-road freight equipment by providing a streamlined voucher process to offset the higher cost of such technologies.

CORE voucher amounts are based on the incremental cost difference between traditional equipment and new zero-emission alternatives. Additional funding is available for charging infrastructure, equipment deployed in pollution overburdened communities (DACs), and equipment purchased by small businesses.

How to Participate:
Choose your role in the purchase process

Criteria for Eligibility:

Any original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that meets California CORE Project technology eligibility requirements can become a CORE-eligible Manufacturer.  

Application acceptance is continuous throughout the funding cycle period. To learn more about the application process and the CORE Project, please visit https://californiacore.org/how-to-participate/ 

Steps for Participating in CORE:

  1. Read and understand the CORE Project Implementation Manual and Attachment E (for commercial harbor craft Manufacturers).
  2. Compile documents outlined in Attachment A. 
  3. Send the complete application package to CORE@arb.ca.gov  
  4. Advise Dealers to become CORE-approved. 

Telematics Reporting:

  1. OEMs must submit monthly telematics for the first three months.
  2. After the initial three-month period, OEMs must submit the telematics data quarterly until the 3-year project participation period ends.
  3. Telematics data must include the following:
    1. Cumulative Time in Use (hours)
    2. Cumulative Energy Used (kWh)
    3. Percent of Time Operating in:
      • SB 535 Disadvantaged Communities;
      • AB 1550 Low-income Communities;
      • SB 535 Disadvantaged Communities and AB 1550 Low-income Communities;
      • AB 1550 Low-income Communities within a 1/2 mile of a SB 535 Disadvantaged Community;
      • Potential Low-income Households within ½ Mile of Disadvantaged Community
      • Average Energy Discharge Rate During Non-Idle Operation (kW).

Telematics Reporting Documents: